Summary of Contents for Xterasys USB Adapter

REGULATORY STATEMENTS FCC Certification The United States Federal Communication Commission (FCC) and the Canadian Department of Communications have established certain rules governing the use of electronic equipment. Part15, Class B This device complies with Part 15 of FCC rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: 1) This device may not cause harmful interface, and 2) This device must accept any interface received, including interface that may...

INTRODUCTION The 802.11b+g Wireless LAN USB Adapter is designed for a USB type A port of a laptop or desktop computer for creating a wireless workstation compliant which connects to any available USB port on a notebook or desktop computer. The 802.11b+g Wireless LAN USB Adapter complies with IEEE 802.11g standard that offers a data rate up to 54Mbps in a wireless LAN environment.

SOFTWARE INSTALLATION Install the Driver & Utility Caution Do not insert the wireless LAN adapter into your computer until the procedures in “ Install the Driver& Utility” have been performed. Exit all Windows programs. Insert the included CD-ROM into your computer.

Wireless Configuration Tool: Choose to use our configuration utility. Microsoft Zero Configuration Tool: Choose to use built-in Zero Configuration Utility (ZCU). Click Next to continue. There are two modes for you to choose in this screen, either choose WiFi mode or performance mode (TxBurst mode). This mode selection screen is set for the default mode shown in the utility screen, you can still change its mode later in the utility screen.

HARDWARE INSTALLATION Note: Before you install the device to your computer, make sure you have installed the driver and utility as described in the previous section. Windows 98SE/2000/ME / XP 1. Locate your USB host and insert the USB Adapter. 2.

NETWORK CONNECTION Once the device driver is well installed, a network setting described in the following should be also established. In Windows 98SE/ME Go to Start Settings 2. Make sure that all the required components are installed. If any components are missing, click on the Add button to add them Control Panel Network.

3. For making your computer visible on the network, enable the File and Print Sharing. 4. Click the Identification tab. Make up a name that is unique from the other computers' names on the network. Type the name of your workgroup, which should be the same used by all of the other PCs on the network.

5. Click the Access Control tab. Make sure that “Share-level access control” is selected. If connecting to a Netware server, share level can be set to “User-level access control.” 6. When finished, restart your computer to activate the new device.

Make sure that all the required components are installed. 3. If any components are missing, click on the Install… button to select the Client/Service/Protocol required. After selecting the component you need, click Add… to add it in. For making your computer visible on the network, make sure you have installed File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks.

IP Address Note: When assigning IP Addresses to the computers on the network, remember to have the IP address for each computer set on the same subnet mask. If your Broadband Router use DHCP technology, however, it won’t be necessary for you to assign Static IP Address for your computer.

Configuration Utility After the Wireless adapter has been successfully installed, users can use the included Configuration Utility to set their preference. Go to Start Program Wireless LAN USB 2.0 Adapter Wireless Utility You can also open the Configuration Utility by clicking the icon. 13 -...

Profile The Profile Manager enables you to create, edit and delete the profiles that the station uses to connect to WLAN networks, to activate and de-activate profiles, and to raise and lower a profiles’s priority. Profile Tab Profile Name SSID Channel Authentication Encryption...

Link Quality Signal Strength Noise Level Site Survey The Site Survey page displays the information of surrounding APs from last scan result. List information including SSID, BSSID, Signal, Channel, Encryption algorithm, and Network type. Site Survey SSID Shows the name of BSS of IBSS network. BSSID Shows the MAC address of the AP or randomly generated of IBSS.

Channel Shows the currently used channel. Encryption Shows the encryption type currently in use. Valid value includes WEP, TKIP, AES, and Not Use. Authentication Authentication mode used within the network, including Unknown, WPA-PSK, WPA2-PSK, WPA and WPA2. Network Type Network type in use, Infrastructure for BSS, Ad-Hoc for IBSS network.